Israel’s UN ambassador is demanding the removal of the Queens Museum director for reversing a deal that would have allowed the Israeli Mission to rent the facility to celebrate the 1947 UN resolution that created the State of Israel.

Ambassador Danny Danon said the rental deal was struck in June for the Nov. 29 event and that all was fine until word of the 70th anniversary celebration became public.

He said the same museum official who OK’d the rental suddenly said there was concern based on feedback from “Palestinian friends of the museum.”

Ultimately, museum Director Laura Raicovich notified the Israeli UN mission that she was reversing the decision because the museum board didn’t want to host a “political event,” according to Danon.

He noted that Raicovich is the co-editor of a book on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement that includes essays supporting the boycott of Israel, and suggested it played a role in the museum’s decision.

“We will not accept this blatant discrimination against the State of Israel and we will not let this decision stand,” said Danon. “Celebrating the momentous decision of the UN recognizing the right to a Jewish state in our homeland is not a political event, but rather an expression of the historical and legal rights of our people.”

After Danon and elected officials publicly criticized the museum, officials there said they were reconsidering the decision given that the building is the original site of the UN hall where Israel was created.

“While the Queens Museum has specific policies regarding space rentals, given the history of the building in which the Queens Museum is located, the museum is reconsidering its decision and has reached out to the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations to further discuss the event later today,” a spokeswoman said.